My extracurricular work meant sore muscles for today’s bike ride. I was slow to get start not rolling until 10:45 AM on the Canyon Endurace CF 7 bike. The route went south and east as most Tuesday rides following the ### Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route including the workaround for the closed greenbelt along Kingwood Drive at Kingwood High School. With the sore muscles I wasn’t sure how much energy and speed would happen but as I warmed up my sore leg muscles loosened enough to power into the headwind on the way to FM2100. The weather changed from yesterday as tropical storm Francine moves up the Texas coast but offshore enough to not be a direct threat. It looks like the folks in Louisiana will get the brunt this time. The lower humidity and dew point was nice while it lasted. At FM2100 I made the left turn and rode into the wind until FM1960. Riding west on FM1960 the wind helped me boost the overall average speed to 13.1 mph. Back on the west side of the lake I rode through Atascocita Shores and Kings River to W. Lake Houston Parkway to cross the river. I finished the ride at 1:36 PM with 35.67 miles. I’m now at 312 miles for the month leaving 554 more to reach my goal.

Weather: Start 78 degrees, humidity 76%, dew point 70.0, overcast, wind NE 12 mph; Finish 83 degrees, humidity 74%, dew point 74.2, overcast, wind E 10 mph.